Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester is a bald, bulb-eyed character from *The Addams Family*, known for his ghoulish appearance and ability to light a bulb in his mouth.

The name has become shorthand for any creepy, eccentric, or physically unusual man—especially one who is bald and pale: He emerged from the basement looking like Uncle Fester.

Related

creepy · kooky · mansion · haunted house · gothic · Wednesday · Gomez · Christopher Lloyd · Thing · macabre · black comedy · dungeon · explosives · pale · trenchcoat · deranged · sinister · butler

Categories
Opposites
physical appearance within the Addams Family

Uncle FesterMorticia Addams

Gomez Addams · Wednesday Addams

fictional character archetype

Uncle FesterJames Bond

British intelligence agent

Gomez Addams · Count Dracula · Hannibal Lecter · Sherlock Holmes · Don Draper

cultural connotation of appearance

Uncle FesterFabio

Mononymous male supermodel

Prince Charming · Adonis · Brad Pitt · George Clooney · matinee idol

Family

uncle, uncles, fester, festers, festered, festering

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG